When it came to their enemies, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo had never known the meaning of mercy.
Capturing Tang Hao alive was part of Ye Xuan's plan.
Forcibly stripping away the power contained in another person's Soul Ring was something even a god would find difficult.
But the hundred thousand year Soul Ring inside Tang Hao had originally belonged to Ah Yin. Now that Ye Xuan had subdued her, he could reclaim the source power within that Soul Ring.
Qian Jun and Jiang Mo burst into laughter.
Not only had they enjoyed a satisfying battle today, they had also captured Tang Hao, a fugitive wanted by Spirit Hall.
At first, the two of them had wanted Tang Hao dead as quickly as possible. Now, however, they hoped he would live a little longer.
From this day onward, Tang Hao would become a lasting pillar of shame for the Clear Sky Sect.
And because of him, the Clear Sky Sect would become the laughingstock of the Soul Master World.
Tang Hao lifted his eyes to the young man standing before him in a black robe embroidered with golden patterns. His dark eyes turned bloodshot in an instant.
"You... deserve to die!"
Rage surged through Tang Hao.
But with both arms crippled and his body gravely injured, he was firmly suppressed by the two Douluo, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo. He had become a stray dog with nowhere to turn.
"Heh. I've heard so much about you, Clear Sky Douluo. Your might truly impresses this junior. Had I not resorted to a few underhanded tricks, I'm afraid I'd have found it difficult to keep you here today."
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Ye Xuan's mouth.
But that smile... belonged to the victor!
"Who are you, exactly? Why can you command the Worships of Spirit Hall? And how did you know I was hiding in Holy Soul?"
At Tang Hao's question, a faint smile touched Ye Xuan's lips.
"Who am I? Naturally, I'm here to capture you, a fugitive wanted by Spirit Hall."
Three Soul Rings quietly appeared behind him: moon-white, silvery-white, and pure white.
That was right.
Even though Ah Yin had merged with the Leaf Stone, which had been transformed from a Soul Bone, and her Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline had undergone a transformation, the fact remained that she was now a Ten-Year Soul Ring.
When Tang Hao saw the three "Ten-Year Soul Rings" behind Ye Xuan, he froze on the spot.
He could never have imagined that the young man who had outmaneuvered him so completely had such "worthless" talent.
Before he could say anything, the Soul Ring belonging to Ah Yin behind Ye Xuan quietly gave off a glimmer of light.
Right after that, a seed brimming with life appeared in his palm.
That was right. This was the transformation Ah Yin had undergone after being refined and merged with the Leaf Stone.
She had evolved from the Blue Silver Emperor into the Blue Silver Life Tree.
But now, her source power was severely depleted, which meant she was still only a dormant seed that had yet to sprout.
"Clear Sky Douluo, this may hurt a little, so I hope you'll bear with me."
Ye Xuan still wore a smile.
But in Tang Hao's eyes, that smile was as terrifying as a demon's.
"Blue Silver Life Tree, absorb the source!"
A slender root made of blue-gold energy quietly extended from Ye Xuan's palm.
At first, it seemed a little bewildered. But as soon as it sensed the aura of the Blue Silver Emperor's source power inside Tang Hao, it surged toward him like a beggar who hadn't eaten in half a month.
As the root pierced Tang Hao's body, he struggled involuntarily, trying to summon his Soul Power and spiritual power to resist. But before he could even raise his Soul Power, Qian Jun instantly dispersed it. The same happened to his spiritual power.
At that moment, Tang Hao was like a lamb awaiting slaughter, allowing the root to drain the power of the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, from within him.
The absorption process was extremely long. Fortunately, with the two Worships, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, guarding him, Ye Xuan had no reason to worry about his safety.
Late that night, as Ye Xuan looked within his Spirit Sea, he saw that the Blue Silver Emperor—or rather, the Blue Silver Life Tree, Ah Yin—had already formed a human shape inside the Pokeball.
Perhaps because she hadn't finished absorbing the energy, she was tiny and rather adorable. Yet her gaze held a maturity beyond her years.
Ye Xuan knew that Ah Yin was still Ah Yin—the same Ah Yin who had cultivated for more than a hundred thousand years.
"Tian Meng, with your abilities now, can you inspect Tang Hao's memories?"
Inside the Pokeball, Tian Meng had been sleeping, but at Ye Xuan's words, he reluctantly got up to work overtime.
"I can, but I need his core consciousness to fall completely unconscious."
Ye Xuan nodded at Tian Meng's answer.
Soon, he slowly opened his eyes, meeting the stern gaze of Douluo Qian Jun.
"How did it go? Were you successful?"
"By noon tomorrow at the latest. But right now, I need Tang Hao to fall completely unconscious."
Before Ye Xuan could finish speaking, Douluo Qian Jun grabbed the Coiling Dragon Staff and brought it down hard on the back of Tang Hao's head.
"Done."
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Seeing the satisfied look on Douluo Qian Jun's face, Ye Xuan's eye twitched.
"Tian Meng, you can come out and get to work. I need you to bring up Tang Hao's memories from ten years ago."
Ye Xuan's Spirit Sea was vast.
Tian Meng was busy retrieving Tang Hao's memories.
Xiao Wu was curled up asleep in the shadows of a corner.
And Ah Yin, who had just joined this family, was hiding in a corner, trembling with fear.
"Ah Yin, come here. I'll show you something interesting."
Tang Hao's memories were a tangled mess—or, one might say, a real hodgepodge.
Ah Yin had been frightened at first, but as Tang Hao's memories from ten years ago flashed by, the fear in her eyes gradually gave way to shock, then finally turned into anger and despair.
As Ye Xuan watched the many things Tang Hao had done, his expression remained calm. He wasn't particularly surprised.
"How could Tang Hao... treat me like this?"
The tiny Ah Yin was lying across Ye Xuan's lap, little pearls continuously falling from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing the little girl crying on his lap, Ye Xuan wanted to comfort her, but in the end, he said nothing.
He gently patted her back to console her, then let her vent her feelings.
The next day.
At noon.
The roots of the Blue Silver Life Tree, which had burrowed deep into Tang Hao, slowly withdrew. Ye Xuan opened his eyes at that moment.
"Sixth Worship, Seventh Worship, I've completely extracted the essence of the Blue Silver Emperor's source power from Tang Hao. We can return to Spirit Hall now."
As Ye Xuan spoke, three Soul Rings appeared behind him. The first two still looked white in the sunlight, but the ring representing Ah Yin had turned green-gold.
Qian Jun and Jiang Mo were stunned to see the unusual Soul Ring behind Ye Xuan.
After all, the colors of Soul Rings had been set in stone since ancient times.
Hundred-year Soul Rings were yellow, thousand-year ones were purple, ten-thousand-year ones were black, and hundred-thousand-year ones were red.
This green Soul Ring edged in gold was the first in all of history to defy convention.
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